Commentary
Due to President Trump’s tariff war, tensions are high between Canada and the United States. Many Canadians are showing their support for our country by flying Canadian flags and buying Canadian products.
Part of being proud of your country is understanding its history, both the good and the bad. This means giving students an accurate and balanced understanding of our country’s history. Sadly, this doesn’t happen as often as it should in our public schools. Instead, many schools promote a warped version of Canadian history that focuses more on our failures than our successes.
For example, the Eby government’s K-12 Anti-Racism Action Plan begins with the statement that “Systemic racism and settler colonialism have shaped our province for generations” and that schools hold “great responsibility in addressing the systemic and interpersonal racism that continues to exist throughout the education system today.”…